ABUJA – Five members of the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) abducted by the dreaded Boko Haram set have finally regained freedom after three weeks in captivity.

The dreaded Boko Haram group had on October 25 waylaid the bus conveying the five corps members and other passengers.

The corps members were all serving in Abuja and were on their way to their mandatory community services.

According to the information available to newsmen, the corps members were traveling to Idu, an outskirts of Abuja, the Federal Capital Territory, when they were abruptly halted on the highway by gun toting men, suspected to be Boko Haram members, who took them into the bush.

The Boko Haram set from the Northern part of Nigeria had been terrororsing the country for over 12 years now, after one their leaders, who spearheaded anti-western education campaign in the Northern part of the country was arrested and allegedly killed by the Nigerian government.

The set had claimed responsibility for the abduction of hundreds of persons, including foreigners and those persons who do not conform to its religion, to demand ransom payment and killing others in some instances.

One of the youth corps members, who does not want her name in print for security reasons, while narrating her ordeal after she regained her freedom three weeks later alleged torture and abuse.

She said that she and other female corps members were separated and abused because of their educational status and states of origin.

Narrating her ordeal in an exclusive interview, she said, “I was posted to Abuja where I did my National Youth Service.

“On October 25th, I and other female corps members were traveling in a bus to Idu, Abuja for our community service when suddenly there were several gun shots from different directions into our bus and suddenly, two men shouted “Don’t move!

“In an instant, two men were gunned down and while we the ladies were screaming.

“Two men shouted ‘Allah Akbar; death to the infidels’ and they dragged all the ladies, including myself.

“We were then separated from the men as we were standing; the next thing I remembered was passing out, as a dirty cloth was tied over my eyes and nostrils, which I later discovered to be drugged

“I woke up late in the night in a hut and the other five females were tied with rope; my colleague and I were separated; my abductors told me they have been informed of my person and my bisexual status.

“They called me an infidel and a western spy for my ,christian faith. They abused me sexually and I struggled till I lost count of time as I was held in a bush location and transported by night with a sack over my head.

“After three weeks, I was taken to their leader who said a lady like me was a scourge to society and not fit to live. I could not understand all they said as most of it was in Islamic and Arabic languages.

“I was given a substance to drink which I later found out to be poison and urine. I later passed out. I regained consciousness in a community center in Kaduna on November 18th, making it over three weeks since I was abducted.

“After the horrible ordeal, I went on to complete my NYSC and returned to my family in Benin city.”

Noting that her traumatic experience led to her being hospitalized for days, she said she never knew how she arrived at the village where she later regained consciousness.

She warned other corps members, especially females not to accept postings to the northern part of the country, as the Boko Haram threat is real.